Hong Kong’s Flower Show in March 2018 opened up to much fanfare and celebration as it honored the joy of blooming flowers. This annual show of oriental blossoms is always a success, as flowers are of great importance to the Chinese people. Flowers in China are not just essential for their artistic value; they are ...
Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies is a story based on true historical facts from 1902 to the end of World War I in 1918. The author, Jackie French, felt inspired to write this book after reading a letter she came across while doing research for another book — A Rose For The Anzac Boys. The letter was by ...
India has come a long way in its 70-year-long journey of independence. However, it continues to hover in the group of “developing” countries with social and communal issues, poverty, improper and poor infrastructure, and corruption, among many other factors that keep pulling India back. At the same time, India has made a great deal of ...
On March 4, 2018, Americans, and folks all over the world were treated to the 90th annual Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars. With 26.5 million viewers, the Oscars certainly dominated Sunday evening at most homes, however, they were also the least-watched Oscars to date. The viewership has dropped by 19 percent in ...
A new study performed in the Netherlands has linked exposure to residential air pollution during fetal life with brain abnormalities that may contribute to impaired cognitive function in school-age children. The study, published in Biological Psychiatry, reports that the air pollution levels related to brain alterations were below those considered to be safe. “We observed brain development effects ...
Since China ended its one-child policy and allowed all families to have up to two children, an additional 90 million women have become eligible to have a second child. However, new UBC sociology research suggests China’s two-child policy could be negatively affecting women’s status and gender equality. The study, published in the Chinese Sociological Review, found ...
Could Shen Yun Performing Arts be an antidote for depression? I had planned to go see Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time and was excited about it, but when the day rolled around, I woke up depressed. I had been depressed on and off lately and didn’t know why. So I didn’t want ...
The Chinese Lantern Festival is both the climax and the last day of the Chinese New Year holidays. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, which falls on March 2 in 2018 and on February 19 in 2019. The Chinese New Year is more than just one day. It ...
Zheng Chenggong is known as one of China’s national heroes for his retaking of Taiwan from the Dutch in 1662. What is not so well known is that he employed numerous foreign legions alongside his own troops, and from their number, he appointed African soldiers as his personal bodyguards. Between the end of the Ming ...
Before I start, I am not saying Listerine invented bad breath — human mouths have stunk for millennia and there are ancient breath-freshening solutions to prove it. The question is: Was halitosis invented by Listerine? The answer is yes. The birth of Listerine Inspired by English doctor Joseph Lister (founding father of antiseptics), St. Louis-based doctor Joseph ...
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